The national average for gas prices fell to $2.881 per gallon on Friday, marking another week of decreases at the pumps. 

Friday’s prices mark a five-cent decrease from a week ago, when the national average price for a gallon of regular gas was $2.93, and a month ago, when it was $3.09, according to AAA. Fuel costs are also lower than a year ago, during the waning days of the Biden administration, when a gallon of regular gas was $3.045. Also of importance is the fact that there are now 40 states in the U.S. with average gas prices under $3 per gallon. Of the 11 remaining areas with gas prices over $3 per gallon, which includes Washington, D.C., eight are states with Democratic governors.

However, Friday’s gas price data was just the latest in a string of positive economic news for Americans. Falling gas prices and a more affordable economy are generally good things for the country. However, the news of drops in gas prices, some grocery items, a booming stock market, and other affordability matters has caused Democrats to develop the latest contagion, fueled by Democratic hysteria, “affordability derangement syndrome.” It succeeds the initial Trump Derangement Syndrome and then the subsequent “

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